UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY SCIENCES
SAFE 5015 Emergency Planning and Operations
3 semester hours
PROFESSOR:
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
PURPOSE OF
THE COURSE:
OBJECTIVES OF
THE COURSE:
JUSTIFICATION:
Dr. Omer Frank
Safety Sciences
Office: 660-543-4412
Fax: 660-543-8142
E-mail: frank@cmsu.edu
The role and responsibilities of private and public officials in the
development of emergency plans to reduce the human and material losses
in time of an emergency.
To design a comprehensive model of an all hazard emergency
management plan (EMP) that clearly defines functions, duties, tasks in an
organization that facilitates a broader range of response and management
options
The graduate student shall be able to:
A.
Identify the hazards and appraise the risks that underline the
operational issues and response capabilities that facilitate a broader
range of management options.
B.
Diagram emergency management/response organization (EMRO)
capable of effectively responding and managing and incident.
C.
Describe an incident assessment (classification) system so that
prompt protective actions notifications can begin.
D.
Design and apply the basic incident command system components
(command, planning, operations, logistics, finance, and
administration) to a business or industrial environment.
E. Multi-discipline planning team will design a written all-hazards
emergency management plan (EMP) that contains the necessary
components to define the organization structure, functions and
time for emergency management organizations frame.
The safety and health professional will be responsible for the multi
disciplinary emergency planning teams that are assigned primary
accountability for coordination of planning goals and objective.
The individual assignment will require program development,
implementation and validation.
PROCEDURES:
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EVALUATION:
1. Classroom participation
2. Textbook review questions
3. Functional and Hazard specific assignments
COURSE OUTLINE:
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Lecture
Discussion
Analytical exercises
Planning Process of Emergency Management
Organizing the Emergency Management System (EMS)
Essential Elements of the Hazard Analysis
Basic Administrative Consideration
Organizational: EMRO/ERO
Concept of Operations
Communications
Incident Classification
Training/Plan Validation
Public Information
REQUIRED TEXT: Schwab, Anna J., Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness: Building Resilient
Communities, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2007.
REFERENCES:
Sikich, Geary W., "Emergency Management Planning Handbook", McGraw-Hill Inc., 1996.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, "Guide For All-Hazard Emergency Operations
Planning, State and Local Guide (SLG) 101, 1996.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, "Developing Effective Standard Operating Procedures
for fire and EMS Departments."
Armenante, Piero M. Contignency Planning for Industrial Emergency, Van Nostrand Reinhold,
1991.
WEB SITES:
http://www.floridafire.org/pubs/DRP.htm
(Florida State Disaster Plan)
http://www.afd.org/docfiles.htm
(High Rise Fires LA)
http://www.csb.gov
(Select and Review several events for discussion)